Benedict Cumberbatch has admitted that people sometimes have trouble with his name.
The actor said that Americans have the most difficulty with pronunciation.
He told The Mirror: "Some people don't understand my name. Some people think it is an STD, but I don't think that is what my parents were thinking about when they christened me."
Cumberbatch also spoke about his actress mom Wanda Ventham, who has appeared in TV shows including Only Fools and Horses and Doctor Who. She also starred in some Carry On films.
He said: "I've been trapped with men in elevators who say to me, 'Oh... I really used to like your mom. She's really hot'.
''I don't know what to say. If I say, 'No, she's not', that is really insulting to my mother, and if I say she is, it seems very wrong. She is smokin', I guess."
The first official picture of Cumberbatch playing Alan Turing were recently released.
He will play the mathematician and codebreaker in new biopic The Imitation Game, which opens in cinemas in 2014.
Watch Cumberbatch in Sherlock mini-episode 'Many Happy Returns' below:
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Watch Cumberbatch in Sherlock mini-episode 'Many Happy Returns' below:
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